I woke up, taking a few moments to remember everything from the day before until I opened my eyes. To no surprise, Vladimir was in the room, looking at me as if he was studying something in a science class.

"I grabbed some of your clothes. Get up and get ready. We have to leave soon." He said finally. "And May I suggest washing your face? You have some blood from yesterday and it's creating quite the distraction."

I flung myself out of bed, roughly grabbing the bag he gestured had been filled with my things and all but stormed into the bathroom.

He was right, there was small specs of blood dried on my face surrounding cuts I must have gotten during our run. There was one cut particularly large on my right cheek. I turned on the water and waited for it to heat up. I wondered what Aro was up to. If he had reached Krakow and what he was finding out. Would he assume Vladimir had me?

And what about the Cullens? They had to have noticed me missing by now. I frantically checked my pockets and the bag Vladimir had given me for my cell phone. Just maybe it would be in there and I could send some sort of message. After flipping through my bag for the sixth time, I accepted defeat. Of course Vladimir either didn't grab it or knew better than to have it accessible to me.

Quickly I washed my face, the cuts stinging from the soap. It only took me a few minutes to get changed and ready. It was disturbing how much of my stuff he was able to grab. Jeans, sweaters, jackets. I tried not to think about it as I got dressed and threw my hair into a bun.

I walked out of the bathroom only to see Vladimir standing there. He had gotten changed as well and was wearing a sick smile.

"What?" I asked, my voice sounding more frightened than I was hoping to allow it.

"You have a few missed calls." He said, holding up my cell phone. "I say we call one back."

And with that he held my phone out in front of me.

"Call Aro and put him on speaker phone." He directed.

I took a breath, wanting nothing more than to smash my phone and bolt but I knew that wasn't going to get me anywhere. Instead I unlocked my phone and pulled up Aro's number which he had put in earlier in the week.

Impatient, Vladimir took the phone from my hands and selected "call" putting the speaker phone on. It only took one ring before I could hear Aro's voice.

"Annabelle." He said, his voice sounding stern.

"Hello, Aro." Vladimir greeted, his voice thick with faux sweetness.

"Vladimir." Aro greeted, his voice businesslike, no clear emotion attached in the slightest. "I was wondering when you would get in touch with me. Though I must say, Vladimir, the decisions you have made are beyond foolish."

"I don't think it is. But please tell me why you do." Vladimir played, a true smile on his face.

"Because, you have taken my already deep loathing for you and added kidnapping the one person you should have known not to touch." Aro said darkly. I could practically see his piercing eyes in my mind.

"How is Krakow?" Vladimir asked, tauntingly.

A dark chuckle came from the phone.

"Oh Vladimir, I am no longer in Krakow. But I know where you are." His tone gave me chills and I wasn't even the one he was after.

"Not for long." Vladimir growled, his cool lost before hanging up, and grabbing my wrist.

"We are going." He snapped, grabbing our bags in a flash and yanking me out into the hallway with him.

He walked more swiftly than he had when we had entered and his grip on my wrist was like a vice.

It wasn't until we got to the lobby that he slowed down again. His hand still locked around my wrist as he brought me to the checkout desk.

"We realized we are running a bit late. We will not be needing a receipt." He said, looking like a charming prince, sliding the key across the counter getting himself a look of admiration from the young girl. She didn't even notice me or the looks for help I was trying to give her.

He wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me close, practically carrying me to the car. I was frozen in fear. But also was hopeful. Did that mean Aro knew where we were? He didn't say anything to me...was he coming?

Maybe he was. But was he coming for me or just to hunt down his enemy? How did he know where we were? My thoughts were cut off by a familiar glowing gold mixed with flashing color.

Vladimir saw it too because he immediately spun around, his shoes making a grinding sound against the parking lot asphalt and pulled me behind him.

"Carlisle. You would be smart to stay out of this." Vladimir warned.

Over his shoulder I could see Carlisle, both of his hands held palm out in front of his chest as if to show his peaceful intentions.

"Vladimir" he said kindly taking a step forward "This is your best option. If you let Annabelle come with me, Aro and Caius will take mercy on you."

"Mercy." He scoffed "Does it seem like that's what I'm after? Carlisle, I suggest you and your family stay out of this."

"You know we can't do that." Carlisle countered

"Right. Because you're servants to the order giving you the rights to do what you please." He hissed.

Vladimir took a few steps back, taking me with him, pushing me along.

"I'm putting her in my car, Carlisle. And if you take another step I'll just kill her now." He warned moving me from behind him to his side, his arm still firm around my waist.

A beautiful woman appeared next to Carlisle, he was so beautiful in fact she had to be another vampire. Her gold eyes made me think she was another Cullen. She was petite, like a fairy, and had short chocolate brown hair.

"You know I'll be able to find you." She said, her voice more stern than I imagined it would be.

"Well then, I'll see you later, yes?" He said, grabbing me and picking me up. The next thing I knew we were both in the car and he had started it.

Tears started to form in my eyes. Having seen Carlisle so close and now we were speeding away was getting to me.

"Just leave me here. They're going to catch up to you again." I half begged but he was already shaking his head.

"Like I said, I've been playing this game for a long time. I know how to get around things." He said sternly "And for me to get what I want done here, I'm going to keep you a bit longer."

"You've made Aro furious. He is going to be coming for you." I weakly argued but that only made him smile.

"Good."

And with that, he pressed down on the acceleration. We seemed to be moving randomly. There wasn't any clear route he was staying to. I couldn't even get a grasp on which direction he was trying to go. I was beginning to wonder if he knew where we were either but I dared not ask.

His face was expressive, going from determined to strangely happy back to angry in just a few moments in time. What I wouldn't give to have Edward's gift to hear what he was thinking.

"So, Aro knows you have me. Now what?" I asked, genuinely curious. He didn't seem to have it planned out in the slightest.

"He will he coming back I am sure." He said with a smirk "And this time he's going to bring his little army."

"You seem rather confident about that." I pointed out, trying to pinpoint the expression on his face.

"Oh I am." He assured me, a manic smile taking over.